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I Call Upon Thee: A Novella
by Ania AhlbornA terrifying e-novella from the bestselling author of The Devil Crept In, Brother, and Within These Walls.Maggie Olsen had a pretty ordinary childhood—swimming and sleepovers, movie nights and dad jokes. And then there were the other things…the darker things…the shadow that followed her home from the cemetery and settled into the corners of her home, refusing to let her grow up in peace. Now, after three years away from the place she's convinced she inadvertently haunted, and after yet another family tragedy strikes, Maggie is forced to return to the sweltering heat of a Savannah summer to come to terms with her past. All along, she's been telling herself, it was just in your head, and she nearly convinces herself that she'd imagined it all. But the moment Maggie steps into the foyer of her family home, she knows. The darkness is still here. And it's been waiting for Maggie's return….
I Can Barely Take Care of Myself
by Jen Kirkman"You'll Change Your Mind." That's what everyone says to Jen Kirkman-- and countless women like her--when she confesses she doesn't plan to have children. But you know what? It's hard enough to be an adult. You have to dress yourself and pay bills and remember to buy birthday gifts. You have to drive and get annual physicals and tip for good service. Some adults take on the added burden of caring for a tiny human being with no language skills or bladder control. Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let's face it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool. Jen's stand-up routine includes lots of jokes about not having kids (and some about masturbation and Johnny Depp), after which complete strangers constantly approach her and ask, "But who will take care of you when you're old?" (Servants!) Some insist, "You'd be such a great mom!" (Really? You know me so well!) Whether living rent-free in her childhood bedroom while trying to break into comedy (the best free birth control around, she says), or taking the stage at major clubs and joining a hit TV show-- and along the way getting married, divorced, and attending excruciating afternoon birthday parties for her parent friends--Jen is completely happy and fulfilled by her decision not to procreate. I Can Barely Take Care of Myself is a beacon of hilarious hope for anyone whose major life decisions have been questioned by friends, family, and strangers in a comedy club bathroom. And it should satisfy everyone who wonders if Jen will ever know true love without looking into the eyes of her child.
I Can Cook
by Sally Brown Kate Morris'i can cook' has been a great hit on CBeebies (and BBC2, where each 15 minute programme repeats daily during its run), regularly achieving a 30% audience share. Led by charismatic presenter Katy Ashworth, 3-5 year olds learn how they can make a fantastic range of food themselves - with just the odd bit of help from a grown-up. Now over 50 recipes are available here for everyone to try at home. Lots and lots of step-by-step pictures make it easy to follow the instructions and get great results. And with food ranging from cheesy lasagne and sunshine breakfast muffins, to chocolate and mandarin pudding and chunky banana bread, the whole family can enjoy what the kids cook up in the kitchen.
I Can Do Anything That's Everything All On My Own (Charlie and Lola)
by Lauren ChildToday Lola wants to do everything all on her own, but things aren't as easy as she thought they'd be. In the park, when Charlie and his friend Marv explain to Lola that a seesaw won't "see" or "saw" with only one person on it, Lola reluctantly lets them sit on the other end. When Lola soars into the sky, it launches her into an elaborate high-seas fantasy where she saves Marv and Charlie from ever-soevil pirates. All on her own!
I Can Do It! (Little Golden Book)
by Trish Holland Vanessa Brantley NewtonHolly's not a baby anymore. She can dress, eat, and clean up all by herself . . . almost! Holly's eager to dress herself and brush her own hair--and she almost, kind of, nearly succeeds. When her clothes end up mismatched or her hair is sticking up, her family is always ready to step in and help. But there's one thing she does perfectly: she hugs Daddy good night before going right to sleep! This sweet, simple story is one that all preschoolers will relate to.
I Can Do It!: Kids with Physical Challenges (Kids with Special Needs: IDEA (Individua)
by Sheila StewartAutism is something a lot of people talk about these days. Many kids with autism have trouble communicating and understanding how people relate to each other. Since autism is a spectrum disorder, however, some kids who have autism might only have a few symptoms, while others may have many symptoms. Some people don't know how to act around kids who have autism, but, even though these children might seem a little different than most people, these kids are still kids.
I Can Fix This: And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child
by Kristina KuzmicFrom the author of Hold On, But Don&’t Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account of a mother who navigates the cacophony of best practices and urgent advice from parenting authorities in search of a way to support her teen as he maps his own path to mental health.When Kristina Kuzmič started to see signs that her otherwise sunny, resilient teenage son was struggling, she was sure a few simple fixes could right the ship. But over the following months, the issues her family faced became more nuanced, complicated, and pervasive than she could've predicted—and what began as a clear to do list spiraled into an emotionally fraught and seemingly endless push and pull between signs of progress and overwhelming fear. Despite her best efforts, Kuzmič had internalized a set of obligations, ideas, and unrealistic standards from parenting culture and social media that left her unprepared to guide her child when he needed her most. Featuring an urgent and affirming foreword by renowned and New York Times bestselling clinician Dr. Shefali Tsabary—Kuzmič's new book debunks ten "parenting truths&” that kept her in crisis, and delves into her insecurities and the mistakes she made to reveal invaluable lessons and transformative approaches that worked. While her family stands on the other side now stronger than ever, Kuzmič's journey calls to parents who have felt the instinct to say &“I can fix this&” in situations where good intentions far exceed our abilities to enact change.
I Can Hear You Whisper
by Lydia Denworth<P>An investigation into the science of hearing, child language acquisition, neuroplasticity, brain development, and Deaf culture. <P>A mother notices her toddler is not learning to talk the way his brothers did... Is something wrong? Her search for answers is a journey into the mysteries of the human brain. <P>Lydia Denworth's third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Her sweet boy with the big brown eyes had probably never heard her lullabies. <P>Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: Deprivation. How would a child's brain grow outside the world of sound most of us take for granted? How would he communicate? Would he learn to read and write--weren't phonics a key to literacy? How long did they have until Alex's brain changed irrevocably? <P>In her drive to understand the choices--starting with the angry debate between supporters of American Sign Language and the controversial but revolutionary cochlear implant--Denworth soon found that every decision carried weighty scientific, social and even political implications. As she grappled with the complex collisions between the emerging field of brain plasticity, the possibilities of modern technology, and the changing culture of the Deaf community, she gained a new appreciation of the exquisite relationship between sound, language and learning. It became clear that Alex's ears--and indeed everyone's--were just the beginning. <P>An acclaimed science journalist as well as a mother, Denworth interviewed the world's experts on language development, inventors of ground-breaking technology, Deaf leaders, and neuroscientists at the frontiers of research. She presents insights from studies of everything from at-risk kids in Head Start to noisy cocktail party conversation, from songbirds to signal processing, and from the invention of the telephone to sign language. <P>Weaving together tales from the centuries-long quest to develop the cochlear implant and simultaneous leaps in neuroscientific knowledge against a tumultuous backdrop of identity politics, I Can Hear You Whisper shows how sound sculpts our children's brains and the life changing consequences of that delicate process.
I Can Hear the Mourning Dove
by James W. BennettAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults: A teenage girl fights to overcome depression with help from a rebellious friend Outside her window, Grace hears a dove. The birdsong reminds her that there is a world outside her hospital room, that life is not always as confusing as it seems. It's a reminder she needs badly, because Grace's life has gotten pretty scrambled lately. After her father died, her world dissolved into blackness and she tried to find her way out with a razor blade. She survived and was treated with electroshock therapy, which only left her more mixed up than before. Now she is in a kinder place, trying to put herself back together, but aside from the dove outside her window, she cannot be sure what is real. Sometimes Grace hears her father's voice speaking to her. Sometimes she can't tell whether she is sleeping or awake. But Grace is a fighter, and with a little help, she will unscramble herself--no matter how long it takes.
I Can Help! (Green Light Readers Level 1)
by Peggy Perry AndersonWatch out! Rambunctious Joe is helping Mom run errands around town and Dad do chores around the house. But sometimes that leads to more mishaps and mischief than anyone in this loving frog family expects.. . and sometimes it can lead to a very bright idea. Simple words and dialogue create a perfect reading experience for Level 1 Green Light Readers.
I Can Make This Promise
by Christine DayIn her debut middle grade novel—inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s secrets—and finds her own Native American identity. All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her family doesn’t have any answers. Until the day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic—a box full of letters signed “Love, Edith,” and photos of a woman who looks just like her. Suddenly, Edie has a flurry of new questions about this woman who shares her name. Could she belong to the Native family that Edie never knew about? But if her mom and dad have kept this secret from her all her life, how can she trust them to tell her the truth now?
I Can Only Imagine: A Friendship with Jesus Now and Forever
by Bart MillardEncourage your children&’s sense of wonder and faith with I Can Only Imagine, inspired by the hit song by MercyMe. This beautiful picture book will capture your family&’s childlike faith and imagination. I Can Only Imagine asks questions a child might ask and invites families to wonder together: What is heaven like? What does God do? What would it be like to spend a day with Jesus? Children will see that although experiencing the glory of heaven may be far off, we can enjoy a friendship with Jesus every day - right here on earth. Whimsical, playful illustrations and thought-provoking questions make this a book that families will cherish.Fun and vibrant illustrations offer a vivid visual and will help your children see that God can be found everywhere, every day. I think about heaven as I look up at the skyAnd watch the fluffy clouds roll by.The more I imagine, the more I wish I knew.I wonder, would God like pancakes with extra syrup too?And if God and I spent the day together, what exactly would we do?The Christian worship song &“I Can Only Imagine&” touched countless lives with its glorious representation of being in the presence of God, and this beautifully illustrated picture book invites you and your children to imagine those same wonders. Share the joy of a personal relationship with the Lord with your family today through the creative, faith-filled book I Can Only Imagine.
I Can Only Imagine: The Rest of the Story
by Karen KingsburyThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Baxter Family novels shares a short, inspiring story about her family and the importance of faith.I Can Only Imagine is the first e-short in Karen Kingsbury's The Rest of the Story series. In it, Karen shares personal anecdotes about herself and her family, highlighted by her relationship with her late brother Dave. With heartfelt grace, she describes Dave&’s struggles with addiction and his troubled journey toward redemption. It&’s a touching and intimate reminder that God is close to the brokenhearted, and that He calls each of us to love well, laugh often, and find true life in Jesus Christ.
I Can Read My Illustrated Bible: for Beginning Readers, Level 1 (I Can Read!)
by ZondervanA new addition to the I Can Read brand, the I Can Read My Illustrated Bible teaches children about the Bible while helping them grow more confident in their own reading skills as they build their vocabulary.This Level 1 storybook Bible for early readers presents over 30 classic Bible stories that children can read all by themselves. Stories include Noah&’s Ark, David and Goliath, Miriam and baby Moses, Queen Esther, the Birth of Jesus, Jesus Walks on Water, and many more from the Old and New Testaments.With charming illustrations and simple, easy-to-understand language, I Can Read My Illustrated Bible will help children develop a lifelong habit of making faith their own by spending quality time with God.I Can Read My Illustrated Bible:Is part of the I Can Read! Brand—the premier line of books for beginning readersIs a trusted tool to assist in developing biblical literacy among young readersHelps children develop a lifelong habit of spending quality time with God and his Word
I Can See You (The Midnight Library #7)
by Damien GravesMichael is afraid of the dark. Soon, he'll realize there's nothing to fear except fear itself -- until he meets the hideous things that stalk him in the night. This story is joined by two additional tales for this frightening collection.
I Can't Believe It's Baby Food!: Easy, healthy recipes for babies and toddlers that the whole family can enjoy
by Lucinda MillerThe healthy weaning & toddler bible: how to wean your baby and feed your family at the same time, from the bestselling author of The Good Stuff'Based on millennia of healthy weaning practices, these are recipes to set your children and their microbiomes up for life!' - Dr Clare Bailey'I wish I had had this book when I was bringing up my three. Lucinda's recipes are not only quick for a tired mum, but more importantly DELICIOUS for the children...' - Thomasina MiersLucinda has totally changed my family's health for the better. This cookbook is full of amazingly delicious and healthy recipes you can all enjoy.' - Leonora Bamford, My BabaSay goodbye to cooking multiple different meals. I Can't Believe It's Baby Food has 120+ easy, healthy recipes that everyone will love.With more than 20 years' experience of specialising in child nutrition, Lucinda Miller lays the foundations for a lifetime's enjoyment of nutritious food, with recipes that feed growing brain cells and immune systems and cleverly avoid white flour and refined sugar.Nearly all the dishes are suitable for weaning babies from six months - you simply take off a portion for your baby before adding seasoning for older kids and adults - and they are easy to adapt for different ages, food allergies and fussy eaters. You will find nourishing breakfasts like Carrot Cake Porridge, mains like Lemony Chicken & Orzo Soup, as well as plenty of grabbable healthy snacks and sweet treats like Apple & Raspberry Crumble Bites.These are recipes your children will never grow out of!'Aimed at maximising development whilst ensuring that eating becomes a social event devoid of stress, Lucinda's latest book guides parents down an exciting path of healthy eating for children, with a sprinkle of added fun!' - Dr Tim Ubhi, The Children's e-Hospital.
I Can't Believe It's Baby Food!: Easy, healthy recipes for babies and toddlers that the whole family can enjoy
by Lucinda MillerThe healthy weaning & toddler bible: how to wean your baby and feed your family at the same time, from the bestselling author of The Good Stuff'Based on millennia of healthy weaning practices, these are recipes to set your children and their microbiomes up for life!' - Dr Clare Bailey'I wish I had had this book when I was bringing up my three. Lucinda's recipes are not only quick for a tired mum, but more importantly DELICIOUS for the children...' - Thomasina MiersLucinda has totally changed my family's health for the better. This cookbook is full of amazingly delicious and healthy recipes you can all enjoy.' - Leonora Bamford, My BabaSay goodbye to cooking multiple different meals. I Can't Believe It's Baby Food has 120+ easy, healthy recipes that everyone will love.With more than 20 years' experience of specialising in child nutrition, Lucinda Miller lays the foundations for a lifetime's enjoyment of nutritious food, with recipes that feed growing brain cells and immune systems and cleverly avoid white flour and refined sugar.Nearly all the dishes are suitable for weaning babies from six months - you simply take off a portion for your baby before adding seasoning for older kids and adults - and they are easy to adapt for different ages, food allergies and fussy eaters. You will find nourishing breakfasts like Carrot Cake Porridge, mains like Lemony Chicken & Orzo Soup, as well as plenty of grabbable healthy snacks and sweet treats like Apple & Raspberry Crumble Bites.These are recipes your children will never grow out of!'Aimed at maximising development whilst ensuring that eating becomes a social event devoid of stress, Lucinda's latest book guides parents down an exciting path of healthy eating for children, with a sprinkle of added fun!' - Dr Tim Ubhi, The Children's e-Hospital.
I Can't Believe You Just Said That!: Biblical Wisdom for Taming Your Child's Tongue
by Ginger HubbardThe bestselling author of Don’t Make Me Count to Three! lays out a simple, Bible-based plan that shows parents how to help their kids tame their tongues and walk in the transforming power of Christ.Are you ever embarrassed or shocked by what comes out of your child’s mouth? Do you raise your voice, threaten, and coerce, but find yourself frustrated because nothing seems to work? In I Can’t Believe You Just Said That!, Ginger Hubbard provides a practical, three-step plan to reach beyond the behaviors of tongue-related struggles—such as lying, tattling, and whining—to address your child’s heart. After all, as Matthew 12:34 tells us, “the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”By moving past the idea that parenting is about rigid rule-setting or behavior management, we can set aside ineffective practices such as scolding, ignoring the offense, or merely administering punishment. Instead, we start to see that our children’s outbursts are prime opportunities for the ultimate goal of all parenting: to guide them to the redemptive work of Jesus and his transformational power.
I Can't Believe You Went Through My Stuff!
by Andrea Thompson Peter SherasDo you really need to know if your daughter has tasted beer or your son has had his first kiss? Probably not. Teens keep secrets. They need this privacy to resolve their own dilemmas, make their own decisions, and start down the road to becoming independent, responsible adults. Although parents can't (and shouldn't) know everything, they are right to worry about giving their children too much freedom, since teens can be attracted to dangerous behaviors. Parenting teenagers means allowing them the freedom to explore, make mistakes, learn, and keep moving forward. Dr. Peter Sheras, an expert in adolescent development, has taught countless parents how to know when to step back, when to ask questions, and when to take definitive action. In I Can't Believe You Went Through My Stuff! he explains how pushing for information or attempting to keep teens confined in too small a box will undoubtedly result in anger, resentment, and worst of all a penchant for trouble. The book includes solid, practical advice on: How you can learn more about your teenager's life without invading his privacy or losing her trust How to start a conversation when your teen won't talk What to do about lying, whether it's infrequent or often How to discuss family rules and establish consequences that really work How to tell if your teen needs professional help and where to find it I Can't Believe You Went Through My Stuff! will give you the key to keeping your teenager safe while building a trusting, warm, and communicative relationship.
I Can't Get to Sleep
by Frank Rodgers"I can't get to sleep!" Tom calls down the stairs. Mum, Dad, Granny and Grandpa all take turns to tell him a bedtime story. Each time Tom closes his eyes, snuggles down under the quilt and begins to dream. Then, suddenly he's wide awake again! At last it's Tom's bear that provides the solution and soon boy and bear are sleeping soundly.
I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art
by Emily C. BloomAn eloquent and intimate debut memoir about navigating the gap between expectation and reality in modern motherhood.I Cannot Control Everything Forever is Emily Bloom’s journey towards and through motherhood, a path that has become, for the average woman, laden with data and medical technology. Emily faces decisions regarding genetic testing and diagnosis, technologies that offer the illusion of certainty but carry the weight of hard decisions. Her desire to know more thrusts her back into the history of science, as she traces the discoveries that impacted the modern state of pregnancy and motherhood. With the birth of their daughter, who is diagnosed with congenital deafness and later, Type 1 diabetes, Emily and her husband find their life centered around medical data, devices, and doctor’s visits, but also made richer and fuller by parenting an exceptional child. As Emily learns, technology and data do not reduce the labor of caretaking. These things often fall, as the pandemic starkly revealed, on mothers. Trying to find a way out of the loneliness and individualism of 21st century parenthood, Emily finds joy in reaching outwards, towards art and literature–such as the maternal messiness of Louise Bourgeois or Greek myths about the power of fate–as well as the collective sustenance of friends and community.With lyrical and enchanting prose, I Cannot Control Everything Forever is an inspired meditation on art, science, and motherhood.
I Cannot Get You Close Enough
by Ellen GilchristThree intertwining novellas about love, death, and the bonds of blood: &“To say that Ellen Gilchrist can write is to say that Placido Domingo can sing.&”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Journeying through the lives of different members of the Hand family, Ellen Gilchrist weaves together tumultuous relationships that are bound by blood. A harrowing custody battle leads Anna Hand to Istanbul and back to ensure once and for all that her niece is safe from her conniving mother&’s ploys. Jessie, finally free from her mother&’s influence, has her life upended when Olivia, the sister she never knew she had, appears at the Hands&’ home. Between this and the shocking loss of her aunt, Jessie doesn&’t know if her resentment of Olivia comes from their chaotic meeting or something suspicious bubbling just beneath Olivia&’s surface. Meanwhile Olivia, the half-Native American child who had never known a normal family, must cope with this new world of high society. Losing Anna, and having a dark and desperate secret exposed, may send her back to Tahlequah—if it doesn&’t send her over the edge first. And Anna, leaving a legacy of literature in her wake, may do more harm in death than she ever wanted in life, as her sister enters a vicious fight to recover her lost writing… &“Always she takes the long, comic view of her characters' frailties, for only through the chaos they create, she seems to suggest, do family trees writhe toward the light.&”—The New York Times &“Gilchrist brilliantly captures the intimate accents and rhythms of a family under stress.&”—Publishers Weekly &“A thoroughly engaging work.&”—Library Journal
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie SmithStory of an eccentric 1930's family living in an English castle told from the point of view of the teenage daughter who wants to be a writer.
I Choose You Today: 31 Choices to Make Love Last
by Deb DeArmondMarried for nearly 38 years, author Deborah DeArmond and her husband have made the spoken declaration, "I choose you today" a regular part of their communication. It’s when we least feel like saying it that we need to remind ourselves that love is a choice, not a feeling. I Choose You Today features 31 scriptural principles that support marriage and help couples develop healthy biblically based behavior.Built on an introductory anecdotal story, each chapter has an inspirational takeaway of not only what to do, but how to begin applying the principles immediately. Thought provoking questions create talking points for couples to explore their own choices and experiences in each area serve to generate open dialogue of discovery. I Choose You Today is not a book of "shoulds," but one of clearly identified choices that each individual can make to grow their marriage and align it with the word of God. Every saying ends with a conventional wisdom quote.
I Could Go on Singing
by John D. MacdonaldI Could Go on Singing, based on the Judy Garland film and one of many classic novels from John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook. In a stirring adaptation of Judy Garland's final film, acclaimed novelist John D. MacDonald pulls back the curtain on the life of a great star after the crowds have left and the lights have gone out. This is the haunting story of Jenny Bowman, a famous singer whose world is one of spellbinding triumph and heartbreaking need. She may have risen to the top, but success cannot ultimately return to Jenny the one thing she truly wants: time with the child who was taken away from her years ago. Masterfully depicting the tension between public images and private struggles, I Could Go on Singing is a striking novel about the bonds of love and the ugly side of celebrity. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz Praise for John D. MacDonald "The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller."--Stephen King "My favorite novelist of all time."--Dean Koontz "To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."--Kurt Vonnegut "A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about the best."--Mary Higgins Clark